 Artist's arttributes:
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Male |
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Painting, Works on Paper, Object, Installation, Performance |
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Conceptual Art, Postminimalism |
Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
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| Slovakia | 78 |
| Czech Republic | 19 |
| Poland | 5 |
| Slovenia | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
№ |
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Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Slovakia |
22 |
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Galéria Jana Koniarka, Slovakia |
13 |
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Nitra Gallery / Nitrianska Galeria, Slovakia |
5 |
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Tatra Galeria / Tatranská galéria, Slovakia |
5 |
Biography: 
29.10.1958 Born in Nevoľné
Awards 1987 Honorable Mention – Contemporary Slovak Graphic Biennale 9, Banská Bystrica, SK
1990 Award of Excellence – 6th International Miniature Print Biennale, Seoul, South Korea
1995 Prize of The Masaryk Academy of Art - Prague, Czech republic
1996 Award Ex Aequo – Contemporary Slovak Graphic Triennale 13, Banská Bystrica, SK
2005 The Jury’s Award - Biennale of small graphics GRAFIX, Břeclav, Czech republic
2005 Prize of The town Banská Bystrica – Contemporary Slovak Graphic Triennale 16, Banská Bystrica, SK
Lives and works Slovakia
External links:www.bbalaz.sk | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 127
from 11.7.
until 2.6.
Solo shows 20
2012
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| Blažej Baláž: Einemu - Nitra Gallery / Nitrianska Galeria, Nitra |
2011
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| Blažej Baláž: Conceptual texts - Liptovská galéria Petra Michala Bohúňa, Liptovsky Mikulas |
2009
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| Blažej Baláž – WARTEZEIT - Slovak Institute in Vienna / Slovenský inštitút v Viedni, Vienna |
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| Blažej Baláž – SUCHARATOLEST - Národné osvetové centrum - Dom umenia/ National Culture Centre - House of Art, Bratislava |
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| Blažej Baláž – POSEDLOST - Galerie Student, Ostrava |
2007
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| Blazej Balaz - Texty 1988 - 2007 - Museum of Art Zilina / Povazská galéria umenia v Ziline, Zilina |
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| Blažej Baláž – Texty 1988 / 2007 - East - Slovakian Gallery Kosice / Vychodoslovenska galeria Kosice, Kosice |
2006
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| Blazej Balaz: Treptomachia.Sk - Galerie Kabinet, Brno |
2003
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| Blazej Balaz: Geld macht Kunst - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
2000
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| Blazej Balaz - Zaprasena maľba - - Cik Cak Centrum, Bratislava (closed) |
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| Blazej Balaz: Geld macht Frei - Vojtech Löffler Museum, Kosice |
1999
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| Blažej Baláž – Zaprášená voda 1992 – 1997 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
1997
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| Blažej Baláž – Bľabot a bes - Hoechst – Biotika Gallery, Martin |
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| Blažej Baláž – Dobrý deň, pani Kopplová - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
1996
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| Blažej Baláž / 19 + 19 = 38 (Coin prints) - Museum of coins, Kremnica |
1993
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| Blažej Baláž – Postscriptum II - City Gallery of Bratislava / Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava |
1992
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| Blažej Baláž – Maľba, kresba, inštalácie - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Blažej Baláž – Maľba, kresba, grafika, inštalácie - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
1988
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| Blažej Baláž - Gallery of SFVU DIELO, Bratislava |
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| Blažej Baláž Grafika - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
Group shows 105
2013
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| PF pre Kolomana Sokola - Liptovská galéria Petra Michala Bohúňa, Liptovsky Mikulas |
2012
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| Blood - Slovak National Gallery / Slovenská Národná Galéria, Bratislava |
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| 5th International Drawing Competition Wroclaw 2012 - International Drawing Competition Wroclaw, Wroclaw |
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| Veronika Ronaiova's Social Investigation 2 - Národné osvetové centrum - Dom umenia/ National Culture Centre - House of Art, Bratislava |
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| ObraSKovo nanovo – Contemporary Slovak Painting - Tatra Galeria / Tatranská galéria, Poprad |
2011
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| Prints from the Collections of M. A. Bazovsky Gallery in Trencin - Gallery of M. A. Bazovsky, Trenčín |
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| Contemporary slovak graphics No. 17th edition - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Metamorphoses of Values in the Slovak Modern Art - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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| Alternatívna slovenská grafika - Cyprian Majernik Gallery, Bratislava |
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| I. Nemzetközi Rajz- és Képgrafikai Biennálé - Biennale Gyor, Györ |
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| Sedmokrásky a klony - Slovak National Gallery / Slovenská Národná Galéria, Bratislava |
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| Bienále v čase normalizácie (Akvizície z podujatia Súčasná slovenská grafika 1971 - 1989) - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| ObraSKov - Wannieck Gallery of Modern Art, Brno |
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| 6th New Zlin Salon 2011 - Dům umění, Zlín |
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| Post-Geo-Text - Slowakisches Institut in Berlin / Slovenský inštitút v Berlíne, Berlin |
2010
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| Tendencie grafickej tvorby v 80. a 90. rokoch na Slovensku - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Graphic tendencies in the 80s and 90s in Slovakia - The Slovak Institute in Budapest, Budapest |
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| After Hours: Phase 2 - Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA), Santa Ana, CA |
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| Ceci n´est pas un pedagogue - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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| Copyright Art 2010 - Slovak Union of Visual Arts, Bratislava |
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| Contemporary Slovakian Geometry 1 - Galerie mesta Plzne - Pilsen Municipal Gallery, Pilsen |
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| Slovenská grafika 20. století - Galerie moderního umění v Hradci Králové / Gallery of Modern Art, Hradec Králové |
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| Formate der Transformation 89-09 - MUSA - Museum auf Abruf, Vienna |
2009
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| Gallery of Milos Alexander Bazovsky 1969-2009 - Gallery of M. A. Bazovsky, Trenčín |
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| FORMÁTY TRANSFORMACE 89-09 - The Brno House of Arts - Central Building, Brno |
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| Intertext - from the conceptual to the post-conceptual text. - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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| From plaster to chewing gum / Author´s techniques and strategies - Nitra Gallery / Nitrianska Galeria, Nitra |
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| PF 09 pre Kolomana Sokola - Liptovská galéria Petra Michala Bohúňa, Liptovsky Mikulas |
2008
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| Socialna sonda v rezii Veroniky Ronaiovej - Galérie u Dobrého pastýře, Brno |
2007
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| Slovak Graphics of the 20th Century - City Gallery of Bratislava / Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava |
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| Kvintakord - The Slovak Institute in Prag, Prague |
2006
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| Slovak Graphic Art of the 20th Century - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Mária Balážová, Blažej Baláž – Yesencia - Hoechst – Biotika Gallery, Martin |
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| The World of Museum – The World of Art - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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| Svet Galerie - svet umenia - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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| Draught / Contemporary Slovak Painting 2000 -2005 - Liptovská galéria Petra Michala Bohúňa, Liptovsky Mikulas |
2005
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| Contemporary slovak graphics No. 16th edition - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Draught / Contemporary Slovak Painting 2000 -2005 - Prague City Hall, Prague |
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| Draught / Contemporary Slovak Painting 2000 -2005 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Biennial of small graphics GRAFIX - City Museum Břeclav, Breclav |
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| IV. New Zlín Salon 2005 - Dům umění, Zlín |
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| Prievan / v sucasnej slovenskej maľbe 2000-2005 - Museum of Art Zilina / Povazská galéria umenia v Ziline, Zilina |
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| From the Collections of Gallery III. / Slovak Fine Art in the 2nd half of the 20 - Gallery of M. A. Bazovsky, Trenčín |
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| 4th Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial - Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo |
2004
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| IV. International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen - International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen, Pilsen |
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| Grafika 90.rokov 20.storočia zo zbierky Slovenskej sporiteľne - The Oravska Gallery, Dolný Kubín |
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| Depozit II. / vystava zo zbierok Tatranskej galerie - Tatra Galeria / Tatranská galéria, Poprad |
2002
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| The East Slovakian Gallery 1952 / 2002 - East - Slovakian Gallery Kosice / Vychodoslovenska galeria Kosice, Kosice |
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| Awarded Collections from the Exhibitions Contemporary Slovak Graphics 1989 - 1999 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Grafická tvorba v zbierke Slovenskej sporiteľne - Turiec Gallery, Martin |
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| New End of Painting - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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| Maria a Blazej Balazovi: Skryty puvab malby - House of Art - Dum umeni, Ceské Budejovice |
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| Object / Object. Metamorphoses in Time - Moravska Galerie / Moravian Gallery, Brno |
2001
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| LIGHThouse - Museum of Art Zilina / Povazská galéria umenia v Ziline, Zilina |
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| Light in Slovak Visuel Art - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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| The Art of Action 1989-2000 / Umenie akcie 1989 - 2000 - Nitra Gallery / Nitrianska Galeria, Nitra |
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| LIGHTHouse - Tatra Galeria / Tatranská galéria, Poprad |
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| Z prírastkov 1990 – 2001 / From aquisitions 1990 - 2001 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| 2čme Biennale internationale d´estampe contemporaine Trois-Rivičres - Biennale d´estampe contemporaine Trois-Rivičres, Trois-Rivičres, QC |
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| Object / Obejct - Metamorphoses in Time / Metamorfózy v čase - - Czech Museum of Fine Arts - Ceské muzeum vytvarných umeni v Praze, Prague |
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| Action Art 1989-2000 - Tatra Galeria / Tatranská galéria, Poprad |
2000
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| I feel...versus I think - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Slowakische grafik heute - Foyer-Galerie Opernhaus, Halle (Saale) |
1999
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| Slovak Graphic Art of the Nineties - Central House of Artists, Moscow |
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| Contemporary Slovak Graphics No. 14 edition / Súčasná slovenská grafika XIV - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| 23rd International Biennial of Graphic Arts - Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana |
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| Rozpamätávanie 9 (Slovenské výtvarné umenie 1985 – 1989) - City Gallery of Bratislava / Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava |
1998
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| International exhibition "Graphic Art of Small Format" - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Cent graveurs pour un centenaire ( Hommage ŕ Rops ) - Félicien Rops Museum, Namur |
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| Grafická tvorba v zbierke Slovenskej sporitelne - Nitra Gallery / Nitrianska Galeria, Nitra |
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| Wobec wartosci / Facing the values - Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě, Dum umeni, Ostrava |
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| Postmodern in Fine Art in 2nd half of the 80s / Postmoderna v umení 2. polovice 80.rokov - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Modern Slovak Graphic Art - Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria |
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| Modern Slovak Graphic Art - National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare |
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| Wobec wartosci / Facing the values - East - Slovakian Gallery Kosice / Vychodoslovenska galeria Kosice, Kosice |
1997
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| Picturale, Est - Crac Alsace, Altkirch |
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| International Print Triennale ´97 - Gallery of Contemporary Art Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow |
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| Slovak Graphic Art of the Nineties - National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine, Kiev |
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| 2nd International Triennial of Graphic Art - International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola |
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| 3rd International Biennial of Small format print - National Museum Belgrade, Belgrade |
1996
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| 10th International Print Biennale - Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul |
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| 4th Biennial of Graphic Art Beograd ´96 - Paviljon Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade |
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| Contemporary Slovak Graphics No. 13 edition / Súčasná slovenská grafika XIII - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| 20 rokov Galérie Jána Koniarka (výstava zo zbierok) - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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| Státna galéria Banská Bystrica (1956-1996) - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| 9th Small Graphic Forms - Miejska Galeria Sztuki Lodz, Lodz |
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| Interakce / instalace vystavují italští, slovenští a čeští výtvarníci - Gallery At the White Unicorn, Klatovy |
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| Interakcie - Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
1995
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| Interprint Sympózium ´95 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| 12th International Biennial of Small Sculpture - Galerija Murska Sobota, Murska Sobota |
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| Interakcie - Tatra Galeria / Tatranská galéria, Poprad |
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| 21. International Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljubljana - International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana |
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| Výmena pozícií - House of Art - Dum umeni, Ceské Budejovice |
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| Seitenwechsel - Heidelberger Schloss, Heidelberg |
1994
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| International Print Triennial ´94 - Gallery of Contemporary Art Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow |
1993
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| Contemporary Slovak Graphics No. 12 edition / Súčasná slovenská grafika 12 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Postscriptum - Gallery of M. A. Bazovsky, Trenčín |
1991
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| Contemporary Slovak Graphics No. 11 edition / Súčasná slovenská grafika 11 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| Kresba, grafika - Nitra Gallery / Nitrianska Galeria, Nitra |
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| International Triennial of Graphic Arts - Gallery of Contemporary Art Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow |
1990
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| Drawing 1990 - Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT |
1989
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| Contemporary Slovak Graphics No.10 edition / Súčasná slovenská grafika 10 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
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| 18th International Biennial of Graphic Arts - Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana |
1987
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| Mária Balážová – Blažej Baláž - Gallery of SFVU Michalska, Bratislava |
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| Contemporary Slovak Graphics No.9 edition / Súčasná slovenská grafika 9 - Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
Collections 12
Czech Republic
| | City Museum Břeclav, Breclav
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| | National Gallery Prague - Veletržní Palace, Prague
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Netherlands
Poland
| | The Archdiocese Museum, Katowice
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Slovakia
| | Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica
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| | City Gallery of Bratislava / Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava
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| | Slovak National Gallery / Slovenská Národná Galéria, Bratislava
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| | East - Slovakian Gallery Kosice / Vychodoslovenska galeria Kosice, Kosice
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| | Tatra Galeria / Tatranská galéria, Poprad
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| | Gallery of M. A. Bazovsky, Trenčín
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| | Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava
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Slovenia
| | International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana
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Catalogs
| | Blažej Baláž Postscriptum II.- City Gallery of Bratislava / Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava |
| | Blažej Baláž.- Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica |
| | Mária Balážová / Blažej Baláž.- Galéria Jana Koniarka, Trnava |
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